General Chat

Morning all :) Ooooaaahhh - I bought another thing on ebay this morning! A raincoat with a hood for 99cents. lol Of course postage was $9.00 but it still should be a good buy. It's for the boat trip :) Now I'm watching a roof cage thingy for the car to carry all the stuff I'm buying - hee hee Merle - I was up late/early morning last night too but didn't think anyone would be on. However, I had a great time with Google earth looking at the Murray River. Awesome. Some light rain last night so cooler this morning. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ catch you later Vonny

Morning all A flying visit as it's off to Brissy today to have our annual eye and dental checks. We belong to the Teacher's Health Society and they have a wonderful dental and optical service in Bris at mate's rates for members so it's well worth the trip. Merle - so sorry to hear you had a bad night. Thank goodness you have been blessed with a wonderful attitude and a wicked sense of humour. Hope you eventually got to sleep. Hi Jood - do they have airconditioning units on the wall which directs air straight at you? My eyes play up with those too - even if I sit directly in the wind from a fan. Old age I guess! We have ducted airconditioning which distributes the cool air around the room and doesn't blow it straight at you. We are going to our local Australia Day celebtation at PIcnic Point. They have bands, dress ups, singing, a fly over of old planes and a sausage sizzle, damper and billy tea brekky. We go every year and it's always really well attended. The kids have free flags and body tattoos of the flag - I hope they don't try to ban the flag at Austalia Day! The Queen is due home today. Hi Queenie. And Ducks - I waited for you :>( Have a great day everyone XX Anna

Morning all - good to see you on deck Tony - I felt sorry for the poor bloke too, but he would be ever grateful for you putting him on the right track. Merle, hope you got a good nights sleep after all. It's still cold this morning as it was last night (maybe I feel it more than the others). .. They have the aircon on all night, but I had to ask Cheri to turn the vent away from my bed. .. The cold wind plays havoc with my eyes... One eye is already very sore. . Brrr, I wish the sun would come out just a little bit Takr care Lara, that diet sounds drastic. Carpenter is here nice and early - the others won't appreciate all the bangiing. ..They are having a room extension put on. .. Mind you, the builders are nearly a year behind. I'm taking the girls to the library later - I have an ulterior motive tho, want some books to take down to the other house at Tower Hill. ,, The girls love going though and will spend ages looking at all the books. What has everyone planned for Australia Day? I couldn't get an appt at the hairdressers yesterday, seems everyone is getting all tizzied up for the long weekend - I only wanted a cut :( Hope you all have a wonderful day. Love Jood

I don't suppose theres anyone out there now .you're all tucked up in bed. I think i'm in for a long no sleep night. Get them now and then. We saw the comet here too. beautiful. Mary Ive torn the cartilage in my knee between the two bones and can't see the specialist till May so just have to hobble in the meantime. Puss, I can hear you zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzing from here. You've been. out on the town and worn yourself out haven't you.Thats what lurking does!

Hi Jood, Hi Pat Butter! Had just finished typing and I think I hit the enter key instead of the shift key and lost the bloomin' lot! Yes - I saw the comet the night before last - very clearly visible to the naked eye in the Western sky. Quite extraordinary. Jood - glad you had a good day. PIty about the vanilla slices but we shouldn't even be talking about vanilla slices in front of poor Lara! How are you Lara my love? Hope you are feeling better and that is was the wog that was making you feel so miserable. Laurie - sounds as if you had a great day. So much to see. Queen gets back tomorrow. SuzQ - glad the council moved the body. I'm for bed soon - have been gardening again and am worn out. Cheers dears Anna

Evening....:>))) Just reporting in to let ya know i ain't gone AWOL. Have been veeeeeeeery busy working on a bloke's Family Tree that lives in Melbourne. He has been researching the wrong tree since his grandparents, and is/was now back to England 1790....or so he thought, with 100s of Ancestors that aint his. ( Poor bugga ) He's only been doing FH for 5 months, and has followed the wrong line back. ( easy to do ). He is not a member of GR, and had found my tree on Tribal Pages and thought we were connected, so emailed me because he was a bit confused, about something. He had his grandads wedding cert in Oz,( which he emailed to me to check ) and the suname of the groom was LAWSON .......but he saw it as LANSON.....and followed the line backwards collecting hundreds of peeps, Births ,Deaths and Marriages along the way...lol I shouldn't laugh, but he is so angry with himself, and has shown his family his tree back to 1790s.So now we are working together to try to put it back on track. Barb was crook this morning, and felt ill, as she has overdone the Tennis bit. 4 nights in a row getting home at 2:30 to 3:00am in the morning, and then it takes her another 1hr to calm down....tsk tsk...norty girl...lol Hope everyone is well, and warm wishes to all that are not. Thought for the day: If you woke up breathing, congratulations!! You have another chance! Tony Oz...:>)))

Hi Jood, Glad you enjoyed your day, I just went out to look at the comet but there is cloud and not a star in sight, Ive looked a couple of times but havnt been able to spot it. Patricia

Mary they grow easy up here too, I have 7 growing around, 3 different ones and there are so many varietys out now, I like them too. Patricia.

Hi all, Mary, Pat, first we went to Maldon, and bought a few goodies, soaps, lollies, a cushion, some jam. By this time it was well after 12, so we bypassed Eddington and headed for Dunolly and the bakery. Well geez, I know it was 1.20pm,but they had sold out of choc. eclairs and vanilla slices :( ... I had a pastie and fruit scone, the others had pies, but we did bring home a sausage roll which I ate at tea time, they sure are filling! After we drove around looking at the churches, maps, shops, etc, headed back to Eddington the town itself, very small, and then the cemetery. .. We moved on to Laancoorie, drove around and looked at the old churches, then had afternoon tea just under the Loddon bridge, very nice. I was a bit sleepy when I got home, so had a nanny nap. Tonight we have been out the back looking at a new comet (McNaughtons comet) - you could see it with naked eye, very low, on the west sky - very long tail. We actually had a telescope but I couldn't reach the eyepiece - but it didn't matter, I could still see thecomet. If you are reading this now - hop outside and see if it's still there. Everyone is about to turn in here (probably reading in bed, I'd say) - so I'll pack up my things and head to bed also. Love to all Jood

Hi Printhess You have had a lovely day..What a interesting place.. GLad you enjoyed it..Are you making this a regular thing or just when you can get there.. Merle Teeth,, they are a pain the the priverbial neck,,,I have had mine and wish they would all fall out as I am sick of paying out zillions for then only for them to be then pulled out.. I am sure I paid for the retirement of my last dentist and well on the way of doing the same with the new one..butter about the diverticulitis,, makes you feel rather lousy at times dosent it..Whats with the knee,,It should be feeling better by now, its a while since you had it seen to..glad the infection is gone and hope it improves soon, You really have been in the wars havent you ,,big hugs for feeling better soon.. Try one of the Queens martoonies ,seeing as the Dr, is galavanting in the south pole with HRH,, might make you feel better.. Have been watching the tennis and glad Feddera won, I rather like him, I might just head to bed so see all you lovelies in the morning,, Nite Nite all and see ya in the morning... Love Mary xxxxx PS Patricia just snuk in while I was typing,, Hoya,, I had them comming out of my ears in the old house..Hubby would always break it and I would just shove it in the garden and it would grow.. I had them on a south facing spot and they seemed to love it, It only got a little sun in the late afternoon and must have liked where it was as it grew like mad. Love the waxy flowers, so pretty,, I might try and get some for my back patio as it only gets the afternoon sun ,,might look nice.. Nite Nite Patricia Love Mary xxxxx

Hi Mary, Thats ok we all get a bit forgetful at times. Hi Lara, Hoya,s can be a bit fussy, I have 2 out in the front gardens climbing palm trees, and they are doing fine, the 2 on the back veranda are protected from wind and sun and are not doing as well, you might have to keep moving it till it finds a spot it likes. You look after yourself too. Patricia.

Good evening Wattlers, Well I am on a natural high tonight . . . have had a wonderful day at the Archives. Dropped TLR at the airport and headed west, and I dont know where to start telling you about it all. In the 1860's a survey was done of all the prisoners in the goals in NSW, identifying them, physical descriptions, sort of like the surgeons reports on the convicts - lots of detail - truely amazing . . . BUT . . . they also took photos of them . . . the old glass prints. These records and photos have never been indexed, so one of our jobs is to clean off the glass photos, just a gentle brushing and repair the paper on the reports that are damaged useing japanese rice paper strips. Then when they are all done we will index them so the lucky ducks who have bad rellies will have access to the most amazing records. Another job I am involved in is the indexing of the court log books. some good giggles in them . . . one I came across today the poor fellow was up on a charge of 'Disrupting the Congregation' so many on a charge for 'Failure to report a birth' It is so amazing to walk thru that place and see the zillions of old books and records all piled sky high . . The really old book storeage cell has the most amazing smell about it . . . . Interestinly, only about 6% of the records stored in the Buildings will become Archives . . . the rest will have a shorter life. Most of what is stored there is contract storeage . . . lots of councils, hospitals etc. pay to have their records stored there to meet legal requirements and they are later destroyed. One of the other major projects underway is the indexing of the soldiers settlements after WWI . . . Oh and did I tell you about the maps ??? Zillions of drawers of the old parish maps from all around the state. so many of them all done in water colours . . . as you can probably tell . . . I had a bonza day!!!! Lara, so glad your feeling a little better . . . must have been a bug as well as the detox to have hit you so hard. Thinking of you lovely. Gwenda . . . I like the sound of your day too . . . without the ironing board of course !!! Poor Jill . . no puter . . . how did we cope without them ??? Glad your roo has gone Suzy . . . seems like the heat is really hitting Qld with a vengance! Lew will be doing her 'wet landing' on Macquarie Island tomorrow, sure she will be having a great time and adding some spice to life onboard. Are you home yet Oh Great Queen . . . or am I a day ahead of myself ??? Glad you going alright Merle . . . blasted knee . . . not only do you have to be strong to survive . . . but sometimes a high pain threshold is needed too. ((hugz)) Have raved enough so best go add this on before I loose the lot Catchya lata . . . where is ya Tony ???? ~~~~~~~ Hey Ducky . . . hows yah quacking ??? luv Laurie

Hi everyone, the line has been busy today. Just had a note from Vivienne. She,s been house hunting, getting ready for school again and little one keeping them up with teething so hasn't had much time for chatter. We'll hear from her again I'm sure. Mary, the test on Monday was a colonoscopy. I've only half my large colon and that has diverticula all along it. No nasties though. Knee is still unmentionable! Someone said to me not long ago that one has to be strong to survive old age. She's not wrong!! Daughter Noeline is 49 tomorrow and today has an infection under the tooth the dentist has been trying to 'save' for months and costing her lots, so they have to take it out as soon as the infection clears poor girl.A good racket this 'saving 'teeth. Hello puss and Lynne. Yeah, it would be good to get some kiwis onthe thread. Specially with the cricket on HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE I love to stir

Hi Lara my lovely,, Nice to se ya again, and glad you are on the mend.. Looks like you may have picked up something which has made you feel rotten,, Hope you improve each day.. I know how hard it is to lose weight so keep at it girl we want you around for a long time..We all know what a fantastically wonderful person you are so losing weight is just a problem you are about to conquer..and we are here for you..with big hugs...xxx Love Maryxxxx

Hi Patricia Sorry I forgot you,, When you get to my age you have an excuse..lol Really nice to see you again and I hope Lynn drops by also as I like to chat to a Kiwi as OH is one and we know quite a bit of Kiwi Land.. Come on all you Kiwi peeps ,, Come in and join us as we are all awake at the same time so can chat without having to wear something to hold our eyelids open.. We had some really nice Kiwi peeps on this site once and would be nice if they came back.. What a great meet we could have with the Kiwi and Aussie Wattlers all together..I have met one of the Kiwi members who lives in Auckland Do any of you remember Chris in NZ, She is a great lady and really lovely..If you look for Brenda's thread of Friends near and far, she is the first post.If you are still with us Chris do pop in and say Hi..I know that she is giving her FT a bit of a rest at the moment.. Joodle Hope you had a lovely day and are not to exhausted.. Just had a lovely curry for dinner.. One thing OH can still do is make a great curry..I am not going to stop him,,lol Sue Glad you can breath again.. Dont worry about your glasses,, they will be able to fix that problem in 10 minutes.. Big hugs for all not 100% and little hugs for the rest.. Love Mary xxxxx

Hello all my dear friends I am still alive although very weak, don't know if it was a virus paired with detoxing as the lass I spoke to at the chemist yesterday did the same plan as me the twelve week one and she lost 14 kilos didn't have much to lose though as she is now perfect weight and she said she felt crook for about a week but not to the extent I did with temperature and all, I just feel all weak now legs like jelly and no strength at all Tassie I know you lost all that weight and were sogood at it only hope i can achieve what you did only I have 50 kgs to lose omg I shouldn't say it cause it makes me freak, but I am going to do it. I was telling Cassie last night ohhhh I can't even have a drinkie poo at Mudgee she said well mum what is more important ? and she's right I would like to around when she eventually has a little monster as we called her she is still called mons as she was into everything once she could crawl a truly beautiful monster though Jill Cassie too recommended the green tea so I will get some today although with Cass I am not sure cause she loves baby octopus too oooohhhh yuk Thanks to Julie Cat too will send before and after photos and you will then sed the real me that has been covered up for 25 years Sandra is your DIL having the balloon operation its being done only in NSW that I have heard of but thought you had to be as fat as me to be able to have it I am twice the weight for my height I should be so that is considered rightly as dangerously obese Pat, Mary and Joodles is the lovely lady who I visited in Poona near Maryborough and Hervey Bay in Queensland and she gave me a lovely hoya which is going great guns Pat I am very proud of it just have to find out what the lady over the rd does with hers its leaves are lovely but she does have it in the sun room which is very warm and its growing like mad but the leaves of hers look so shiny and green She' s Mrs Clean of the neighbourhood so maybe she puts Mr Sheen or White oil on them but surely not, as its so huge . DIY are you crook to mate? Havn't read all the messages yet sorry to hear get better soon and also Flakey not good hope you are better soon too Flakey Gee Jood you in my Enery's territory up there in Dunolly and as Mary said when she went there she and John were good enough to go to Eddington Cemetary and photograph where his wife Anne Kavenough aka Byrne Cavenoor Cavanagh Ward is buried there and two of their Children too hope you had a good day Jood, Gwenda hopefully there will be less of me at Mudgee but we will see LOL Wilson only the totally desperate would do the old way of stapling but what about lap banding it can be undone can't it? And the new type with the Balloons sound really good because it can be removed once you have archieved the goal weight. I just want to be able to be more like the weight I used to be and maybe a stone more as a lot older but its hard to imagine how it gets you down ask anyone who is over weight and they will tell you how you are treated as though because of your size you are treated as though you don't have a brain or feelings sometimes, I know you shouldn't let peoples rude remarks and ignorance wash over you but they don't and most times are really are very hurtful, and these are the reasons even more so than health problems to make people make the decision to have such a drastic operation I'm sure . But I will be thinking long and hard about that too before I ever resort to having the op Jood I have just found my phone charger and and charged my mobile so sorry didn't get your SMS till just now mate sorry about that. My dinner is made haha two cups of non starchy vegetables with two teaspoons of oil so have to away now talk to you all later on Love Lara

Hi di hi 6 hours of Scarlett later of which I ironed for 4 I have made a dent but still quite a bit to go - my kids obviously have far too many clothes as they don't seem to run out of tops. Maggie T advertised the Women's Weekly and if I had bought that copy I could have read my stars for 1995, Law of the Land was screening on Wednesday nights and the Holden Nova had just been released. Glad I wasn't in a hurry to watch it but think I may need to re-read the book as I don't think it followed the book as well as GWTW did. Must say Timothy Dalton played a good Rhett - he could stick his shoes under my bed anytime!!!!!!!!!!! Jood - would you believe that after my first message this morning I tried my lappy and the net worked fine - maybe yesterday was just an off day - anyway glad to be back on line Guess I'd better think about feeding some peeps here so I'll see y'all later Gwenda

Hello Mary, I live in Queensland, 1hr south of Hervey Bay, if you go down to the waters edge you can look over and see the south end of Fraser Island. Poona is just a small seaside spot on the map. Patricia.

hi all, jusr nipped on to poss.'s puter coz mine is being silly once again. said just had to check my mail, well this is mail too. have had a little invite to go and check out a boys aqua instructional methods this evening, so a bit of caffeine (up since 4.30) to get me going. haven't been drinking much of the stuff. i like tap water too. went to the surgeon this arvo to make sure the skin cancer was gone for good. that was OK, but seem to have spent a fair amount of time driving today. Prob. won't get on later, so love and kisses to you all from Yvette xxxxxxxxxx

Afternoon everyone ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eldest son was just here and he said he just updated Windows Explorer and another Windows product and it slowed his computer down so drastically that he has now ditched them both. About the rain Jood - isn't it ironic!! Our Canadian friends reckon they are drought-busters with a proven track record in 4 countries!! :) Just a hint that they were going to the Flinders Rangers and the rain comes pouring down. Doesn't bode well for March. LOL I have been out pricing rain gear today :) Spent a few hours in a camping store drooling over all the new gadgets :)